Emma Raducanu sounds ecstatic over adding Francisco Roig to her team and highlights the main thing she wants from Rafael Nadal's former coach is to help her improve her game to the level where she can legitimately challenge the very best in the game.
Ahead of Cincinnati, the 2021 US Open champion made a major announcement, revealing that Nadal's former coach of 17 years agreed to work with her.
So far this year, there hasn't been much stability in Raducanu's coaching staff. After Nick Cavaday left the team in late January, the 22-year-old was assisted by some LTA coaches, before having an unsuccessful two-week stint with Vladimir Platenik in March. Ultimately, the British tennis player hired Mark Petchey - but since he has his own commentary commitments - he wasn't a full-time presence in the box until the grass season.
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But now, Raducanu's tumultuous 2025 coaching situation may have come to an end with the Roig appointment.
Raducanu: Roig has got a bank of experience... I want the quality of my shots to be better
Its going really well, its my second day here with him here, but I did a few days in London before I came out here. Hes obviously got a bank of experience and Im very excited to continue working with him and to have him on my side," the Briton said.
So far in her career, Raducanu has collected three wins against top-10 players. This year, the 22-year-old played against Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Zheng Qinwen, and lost all of those meetings. Her lone top-10 win of the year came against Emma Navarro in Miami. And that's one aspect that she wants to fix.
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Im working on the quality of my shots to be better. I think against the very top thats what it needs, it needs to improve. So Im hoping that with time Im pretty patient, Im going to try and be pretty patient that itll improve," Raducanu underlined.
In the Cincinnati first round, Raducanu will play against a qualifier.
